How to lose an industry in a hometown editorial
An editorial urges Iowa towns to present their communities positively to visiting researchers and potential industries. It warns that anonymous observers, poor courtesy, or neglected premises can cause a town like Oelwein to be crossed off prospect lists, stressing neatness, hospitality, and visible civic pride as essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Oelwein
Oelwein Community Education
OCEA
Robert Poush
Towa State Education Association
ISEA
Council On International Exchange
New York
Youth For Understanding
Japanese Ministry of Education
Japan
United States
Penn State University
Pennsylvania
Keiko Yanagawa
Perfectural
Ikoma High School
Ichibu-cho
Ikoma City
Nara
Kwansei Gakuin University
Watergate crisis and Nixon’s stance amid global diplomacy
The piece argues Congress must decide on impeachment while Nixon stays firm in office. It contrasts Brezhnev’s West Germany visit and Pompidou Heath talks shaping US positions on defense and trade. A prayer inserts religious reflection amid political strain.
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Brezhnev
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
France
Iceland
Pompidou
Edward Heath
United States
The Register Civic Platform on Delwein and Oelwein projects
The Register outlines a civic platform featuring a centennial celebration program called A Rip Roarin Centennial plus traffic and parking plans for Oelwein. It proposes a Loop traffic system, tree replanting, apartment construction, downtown retention, industrial promotion, a low rent housing facility and a Frog Hollow recreation project under city management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delwein
Frog Hollow
Oelwein
Men and women clash over new hybrid role in offices
Hal Boyle delivers a provocative column about the evolving behavior of women in the workplace. He mocks stridency, questions equality dynamics, and humorously suggests men feel challenged by changes in traditions and etiquette, ending with a Socrates quip on equality turning to superiority.
Fayette County court news summary West Union specials
Fayette County court notices list several small-claims actions with amounts ranging from 22 to 1,671.38 involving Marc Hintz Agency Celwein Auto Leasing and various defendants. Civil disputes include replevin, breach of contract, and property possession requests. State cases report guilty pleas for DUI and receiving stolen goods, with fines, jail terms, work releases, and bonds set, plus a jury verdict and appeal in a separate case. The item notes an ongoing May 22 jury trial and a June 8 continuation, with an advertisement line for Want Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Marc Hintz
State of Iowa
Lester Peter McCauley
Terry Faye Whittenbaugh
Fayette County
Richard Miller
People’s Finance Company
Annabelle Hibben
First National Bank of West Union
Everett Rowland
John L. Jolivette
Jolivette Produce
Wilbur Ford Sales, Inc
Florence Mae Suhr
Harold William Westendorf
Roy Jere Murphy
Frank Piper
Loren Fernau
Laura Fernau
First National Bank of
New Hampton
Robert Johns, Jr
Carl Burger Dodge
Donald Arthur Hokenson
Kathleen Hokenson
Glen Bradley
Lorraine Bradley
Iowa
W. H. Forst
State Department of Revenue
Prentice Hall, Inc
Flossy G. van Camp
Jerold Oakland
Meryl Hokel
Justice of the Peace Court
Nixon Watergate cover up details emerge in memo
Prosecutors weigh indicting White House conspirators and hint Nixon may be implicated in the Watergate cover up. A confidential memo outlines options for handling evidence, with Archibald Cox deciding final steps. The piece traces Liddy Hunt plumbers and hush money schemes tied to Haldeman Ehrlichman and Kalmbach, amid national security claims and political espionage.
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United States Congress
Nixon
Washington
White House
Archibald Cox
Henry Petersen
Petersen
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
CIA
Liddy
Hunt
Herb Kalmbach
Maurice Stans
John Dean
Kalmbach
Northrop Aviation
New York
Anthony Ulasewicz
Richard Kleindienst
Ulasewicz
Ted Kennedy
D-Mass
Munt
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Oelwein Industrial Development Corporation
Ueiwenn
Way Register
Sriaay
House of Representatives
Senate
Sam Ervin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
West Germany
Willy Brandt
Congress
Watergate
Jesus
the Register
UPI
Boyle's
Hal Boyle
America
Women’s Liberation Movement
Socrates
Fayette County Court News
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Oelwein School
Independence Bey
Air Force Academy
Independence
Walter L. Saur
Air Force
David C. Nielsen
Colorado Springs
Colo
Independence High School
Wilber Nielsen
United State
H. R. Gross
Nielsen
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